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Analyzing a Performative Text through Cluster Criticism: Hegemony in the Musical Wicked as a Case Study

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This article proposes an extension of Burkean cluster criticism to include performative elements of a musical theatre text. Using the musical Wicked as a case study, this article uses cluster criticism to analyze Wicked ’s script, cast recording, sheet music, and fieldnotes from three performances to reveal messages about hegemony.

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KB Journal: The Journal of the Kenneth Burke Society
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2016-04
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